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Alabama Stories

For Love of the Game

Original Air Date: 11/9/2010

Birmingham's Rickwood Field annually hosts the Rickwood Classic featuring the Birmingham Barons versus a fellow Southern League squad. The teams, umpires and some fans dress up in old-fashioned uniforms and clothes for the event. 2010's Rickwood Classic honors the 100th Anniversary of Rickwood Field opening as a baseball facility. In fact, it's the oldest functioning baseball stadium in the country. Players from back in the day from the Southern League and Negro League came back for the event - and a special honor took place for members of the Negro League.